Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community

by Heather Keith and Kenneth D. Keith

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Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the roots and evolution of the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities. * Examines the roots of disability ethics from a psychological, philosophical, and educational perspective * Presents a coherent, sustained moral perspective in examining the historical dehumanization of people with diminished cognitive abilities * Includes a series of narratives and case descriptions to illustrate arguments * Reveals the importance of an interdisciplinary understanding of the social construction of intellectual disability
  • ISBN10 0470674326
  • ISBN13 9780470674321
  • Publish Date 26 April 2013 (first published 1 January 2013)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 248
  • Language English